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UNITED STATES PATENT QFFICE.

EMILE HARIQUAND, OF PARIS, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO THE SOCIETE BARIQUAND ET FILS, OF SAME PLACE.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 400,036, dated March 26, 1889. Applicati n filed September 29, 1888. Serial No. 286,714. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMILE BARIQUAND, a citizen of the French Republic, residing in Paris, France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shearing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is the mechanical operation of shearing-machines such as are held in the hand, of the kind which do not require the handles to be moved toward and from each other, the movement of the movable shear-blade or countercomb over the fixed blade or comb being produced mechanically, the fixed lever becoming the body of the shearing-machine and the movable lever receiving mechanically the movement which gives the to and-fro motion to the countercomb.

According to my invention the shearingmachine is driven by a cord or band carried through a flexible tube or cable, motion being imparted to this band by a pulley driven by any suitable motive power.

The apparatus is shown in ing drawings, wherein- I Figure 1 is a side elevation of the shearingmachine. Fig. 2 is a plan thereof. Fig. 3 is a vertical section thereof on the line 3 3 in Fig. 4. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section on the line 4 4 in Fig. 3. Fig. 4; is an inverted plan of the eccentrie-bossed pulley P. Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5 5 in Fig. 3. Fig. (i is a vertical transverse section. of the motor-pulley for driving the shearing-machine. Fig. 7 is a front elevation of this pulley. Fig. 8 is an elevation of the entire apparatus adapted to a workshop. Fig. 9 is an elevation of the entire apparatus adapted for use in the field, where a horse-power is the motor.

I will first describe the construction of the hand shearing-machine, referring to Figs. 1 to 5.

The fixed part A constitutes the body of the instrument, and is fixed to .the end of a handle, A, which the operator holds in his hand. The movable lever B vibrates about a pivotal axis or 'pin, R. The comb or fixed the accompanybladc F supports the counter-comb or movable blade H, which is guided by the pins T T entering slots in the counter-comb. D is the adj usting-screw.

The movable lever B of the shearing-machine may be actuated in various ways, of which the preferable one is by means of a cord or belt. As seen in the drawings, a cord, X, or any flexible connector, is arranged in the form of an endless belt and passes around in the groove of a pulley, P, which turns on a pin, I, fixed to the body of the shearing-machine This pulley P has an eccentric, P, formed on its hub, which engages the movable lever B, and at each turn imparts a complete oscillation or vibration thereto. The lever is thus a lever of the third class. The movable lever is preferably constructed with a circular opening, which receives the eccentric boss, so that the lever is oscillated thereby. The free end of the lever enters a notch or slot, 71, in the movable comb H, while its opposite end has a slot, I), which embraces the pin R. The opposite portion of the cordX passes around in the groove of a pulley,Y, of the motor. (Shown in Figs. 6 an d 7.) The whole apparatus is shown in Fig. 8. The portions of cord between the driving and driven pulleys Y and P are drawn toward each other by passing between pairs of sheaves'm-m and n 12., adjacent to the respective pulleys. Between the motor-pulley Y and the shearing machine this cord is guided in a flexible tube or cable, Z, fixed at one end to the shearing-machine and at the other end in a piece, N, fixed to the motor. This flexible tube which incloses the cord is formed of two tubular helices of spring-wire in contact with one another. The cord passes to the shearing-machine through one of these tubes and leaves it by the other. The two tubes are held together by a succession of fasteni n gs or bonds at intervals, or preferably by a continuous envelope of leather or textile fabric, as shown. This arrangement, which isolates the portion of cord passing in one direction from the portionreturning, is the best, butis not indispensable. My system might act the same if the two portions of the cord were to pass through only one flexible tube made of a spiral spring or of a succession of short tubes jointiafl together or of any onvelope whatever. In this mode of transmission the motor is, as shown, a grooved pulley, Y, which is driven by any suitable mechanical means, and over which passes the cord which transmits this rotary movement along the flexible tube to the pulley P of the shearing-machine, which actuates the movable lever 13.

It; is essential that the tubeorcable Z shall be of such construction as to be suttioicntly incompressible in longitudinal direction to enable it to actasa means of maintaining the belt taut, which it does by holding the driving-pulley Y and the driven pulley I at a lixed distance apart, this distance being measured not in a straight line, but along the curve of the tube. The tube may in use be curved in any direction after the manner of what: is known. as a flexible shaft.

The end of the flexible tube which is fast (mod to the side of the motor is adjusted by a slotted piece, N, which serves to stretch the cord, and which thus insures that the pulley oi the shcaringanachinc shall participate in the rotation, while at the same time keeping the tube flexible.

it may be remarked that although I have employed in my system of transmission a cord which is displaced by a continuous movement, nevertheless the arrznigemcnt is applicable as well to a cord which has an alternating movement. Thus the movable lover of the shezn-ing-maclline might receive its movement from an oscillating lever pivoted in the body oi. the shearing-machine, and this oscillating lever might be connected by two lengths of cord passing each one in a flexible tube to the ends of another oscillatinglever, which would be the motor. Thus the same tii-and-i'ro motion of the counter-comb would be secured; but the employment oi. continuous rotation as first described more practical.

1t is useful to be able to arrest instantly the movement of the counter-comb of the sliearirig-machine. This result may be attained by lifting up the fixed pin R, around which the lever 13 turns, for which purpose a latch, IL, is provided. \Vhen this latch is thrown over, and the pin it consequently lifted, the continuing rotation of the pulley 1 no longer works the counter-comb, since the lever i3 is thrown out of engagcanentby having nothing to react against.

The shearing of animals, and particularly of sheep in large flocks, may be done in two ways. The flocks may be led into a workshop prov idod with motive power, mechanical transmission, &c.; or the operator may go and shear the flocks in the middle oi. the field where they are grazing.

in the first case the means for transmission shown in Fig. 8 may be advantageously employed. The motor is mounted at theheight of a man on the lower end oi. a wooden beam 1 fastened to the framing which supports the power-shalt of the shop. In this position the transmission of power from the motor to the shearii'lg-machino is completely free. The animal to be sheared being on the ground, the numerous ftlll'llpl bends in the transmit;- ting-cable which would otherwise occur are thus avoided. This arrangement permits the employment of an unlimited number 01: shearing-n'iachines arranged in a series the length of the driving-shaii't.

For shearing in the field, the shearing machines may be driven by means of an inclined-plane horse-power, as shown in Fig. 5). This horse-power should be immnticd on a special carriage, so as to be easily transportable and always ready to be set in motion.

1 claim as my invention the ii'ollowing-defined novel features, substantially as hereinbetore specified, namely:

1. The comlnnation, with a hand shearing machine having a pulley for driving its movable comb, of a motor having a driving-pulley, an endless cord or belt for transn'iittil'ig motion from the motor-pulley to the shearingmachine pulley, and a flexible tube or cable extending from. one of said pulleys to the other, inclosing the portion ot' the belt between them, and constructed to resist longitudinal compression between them and serve to hold the pulleys spaced apart and keep the belt taut.

2. The combination, with a hand shearingmachine and a motor, of a flexible tube orcable extending :from the one to the other and constructed with two separate tubular conduits, and a cord or belt receiving motion from the motor and transmitting it to the movable comb of the shearing-machinc, the one part of said cord passin through one oi said conduits and the other part through the other conduit, whereby the portions of the cord moving in opposite directions are separated.

3. A shearingmachine ctjmsisting of a handle, a fixed blade or comb, a movable comb mounted to slide against the iixed comb, a rotary pulley having an. eccentric boss, a movable lover of the third class having an opening rccoivin g said eccentric boss, connecting at its free end with the movable comb, and slotted at its'othcr end, and a stationary pivot-pin entering said slotted end, whereby the lever oscillates with said. eccentric boss and vibrates about said stationary pm.

i. A shearing-machine consisting oi a handle, a fixed blade or comb, a movable comb mounted to slide against the tixed comb, a rotary pulley having an. eccentric boss, a slotted movable lever arranged to be vibrated by contact with said eccentric boss, t connecting at its free end with the movable comb, and a stationary pivot-pin entering I11 witness whereof I have hereunto signed the slot in said lever, whereby the lever vimy name in the presence of two subscribing brates about said stationary pin, and a latch Witnesses.

for moving said pin out of engagement with EMILE BARIQUAND. 5 the lever, whereby the latter is thrown out \Vitnesses:

of gear and the movable comb is no longer R. J. PRESTON,

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